WEST CHESTER — Three apartments were declared uninhabitable after a fire broke out in a second floor kitchen at about 8:45 a.m. Monday in the 100 block of West Miner Street.

According to West Chester Fire Chief Dale McClure, a resident of the building’s third-floor apartment came home and noticed smoke in his home. Firefighters arrived on the scene and found fire in the rear kitchen of the second-floor apartment.

McClure said fire marshals determined the fire was accidental. The fire’s origin was traced to an outlet that had a toaster plugged into it. The toaster’s controls were found in the down position, McClure said.

The building was determined uninhabitable due to damage caused by the fire, McClure said. Officials estimated damage to the building at $200,000 and damage to the building’s contents at $100,000.

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No injuries were reported. Firefighters were seen carrying a large cage holding two ferrets safely out of the building.

The three companies of the West Chester Fire Department were assisted by members of the West Whiteland, Longwood, West Bradford, Alert #1, and Newtown Square fire companies. Good Fellowship Ambulance and the West Chester Police Department also assisted at the scene.